Shri Bamottar(Shantinath)Tirth
Mulnayak: 150 cms black colored high Idol of Bhagwan
Shantinath
How to
reach: Shri digamabar Jain Atisay Kshetra Shantinathji is at village bamottar.
The village north of patapgarh is 5 kms from the road head from partapgarh-choti
sadri-chittorgarh road in Chittorgarh District. Partapgarh is 32 Kms from Mandsaur railway
station.
Historicity:
the mulnayaj idol was installed in vikram 1902. this place is famous for its miracles. The
first legend associated with its installation at the time of renovation in vikram 1990
tells that it was found difficult to take the idol inside the temple due to small size of
the entrance but the Dev gave dream to Bhattarak Hemchandra that idol would be installed
by itself and in the morning the idol was seen on the Vedi. A local lord was prevented
from sacrificing the goats by incapicitating the lord as a the miracle of this temple. the
lord could be cured only when he took a vow not to sacrifice any animal. Even now,
numerous people come here to fulfill their ambitions.
The
other idols in the temple are :- Bhagwan Ajitnath (about 80 cms black stone) in padmasan
installed in vikram 1712- bhagwan padamprabh ( about 28 cms high white in padamasan)
installed in vikram 1828- Bhagwan chandraprabh(about 40 cms black stone) in padamasan
installed in vikram 1659- Bhagwan Vasupujya (about 70 cms black stone) installed in vikram
1929.
Trust: Shri Shantinath
Digamabar Jain Atisay kshrtra, Bamottar, post sidhhpura Dist. Chittorgarh; rajasthan